Public Policy and Land Exchange Choice, law, and praxis Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy Series
Auteur : Panagia Giancarlo
This original contribution to the field is the first to bring economic sociology theory to the study of federal land exchanges. By blending public choice theory with engaging case studies that contextualize the tactics used by land developers, this book uses economic sociology to help challenge the under-valuation of federal lands in political decisions. The empirically-based, scholarly analysis of federal-private land swaps exposes serious institutional dysfunctions, which sometimes amount to outright corruption. By evaluating investigative reports of each federal agency case study, the book illustrates the institutional nature of the actors in land swaps and, in particular, the history of U.S. agencies? promotion of private interests in land exchanges.
Using public choice theory to make sense of the privatization of public lands, the book looks in close detail at the federal policies of the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service land swaps in America. These pertinent case studies illustrate the trends to transfer federal lands notwithstanding their flawed value appraisals or interpretation of public interest; thus, violating both the principles of equality in value and observance of specific public policy.
The book should be of interest to students and scholars of public land and natural resource management, as well as political science, public policy and land law.
1. Introducing the Sour Taste 2. Public Choice and Land Exchange Practices 3. History of Land Exchanges 4. Federal Land Exchanges and the Law 5. Analyzing Governmental Studies 6. Improving the Land Exchange Process 7. Conclusion with a Sour Taste
Giancarlo Panagia is Associate Professor at Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
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Mots-clés :
Biodiversity; Federal land exchanges; Conservation; Land swaps; Environmental policy; Environmental studies; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Land use; Land exchange; Public choice theory; Economic sociology; Federal-private land swaps; Environmental economics; Political theory; Federal agencies; Natural resource management; Land law; Land Exchanges; Public Interest Determination; BLM Land; Federal Lands; BLM Staff; BLM Management; USFS Land; OIG Report; Taylor Grazing Act; Appraisal Function; GEA; BLM Regulation; Appraisal Review; BLM’s Decision; BLM Land Manager; Bargaining Team; Nepa Document; Circuit Court; Grazing District; GAO Report; GAO Recommendation; Eminent Domain